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    Thread: Sex ratio of this forum?
Post: Sex ratio of this forum?

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groovee_grl Off topic 148 26,520 2012-09-14, 1:20 am
    Thread: Book Off Vancouver Closed!!!
Post: Book Off Vancouver Closed!!!

I've ordered from yesasia before, and they're not bad for shipping. I guess I've just been spoiled fron Book Off! Pm'ing you juniperpansy...
groovee_grl Off topic 7 3,425 2012-07-15, 7:17 pm
    Thread: Book Off Vancouver Closed!!!
Post: Book Off Vancouver Closed!!!

I went downtown to pick up some books and DVD's from the Book Off today only to find that it had shut its doors on June 23rd! Even worse, I missed the closing out sales! I'm so crushed. It was nice ha...
groovee_grl Off topic 7 3,425 2012-07-15, 12:57 am
    Thread: iPad-only Kanji RTK
Post: iPad-only Kanji RTK

Hi Khakionion, It works pretty good and you've taken away one of my excuses to avoid doing reviews. (I like to write out the kanji when i'm doing reviews on my iPad, but don't usually have a pen and ...
groovee_grl Learning resources 9 4,217 2011-02-26, 1:22 am
    Thread: Any photographers here?
Post: Any photographers here?

If you're not ready to shell out the money for a macro lens, a reversing ring would be a good, cheap buy so you don't have to hold your lens on those close up shots. Hope you'll share some more of yo...
groovee_grl Off topic 18 3,668 2010-09-23, 11:12 am
    Thread: Any photographers here?
Post: Any photographers here?

Hey liosama. I got my first DSLR last October after returning from a trip to Japan and realizing my photos would have been a lot better if I had one at the time! I second alakirrak's advice. I bought...
groovee_grl Off topic 18 3,668 2010-09-20, 12:57 pm
    Thread: Book that goes through famous works Line by Line
Post: Book that goes through famous works Line by Line

There's also "Reading Japanese with a Smile". It's got 9 funny or strange short stories (with translations / explanations) from a weekly magazine. I haven't read through all of it, but the stories are...
groovee_grl Learning resources 8 2,820 2010-09-06, 4:02 pm
    Thread: Proper Kanji Practice Graph Paper?
Post: Proper Kanji Practice Graph Paper?

Anywhere near a Daiso zachandhobbes? I buy kanji writing pads there.
groovee_grl Learning resources 7 7,223 2010-08-25, 11:49 am
    Thread: Learning Japanese without Kanjii(reading/writing)
Post: Learning Japanese without Kanjii(reading/writing)

"Teach Yourself Japanese Complete Course" uses only romaji. You can pick up a copy on Amazon.ca for $22.37 (that includes 2 CD's), or just the book for $5.19. I've never heard the CD's so I'm ...
groovee_grl The Japanese language 25 11,065 2010-08-13, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Japanese Friend Visiting!
Post: Japanese Friend Visiting!

I second mukmuk's recommendation for Greek food. Our friends are here visiting from Japan and the first place they wanted to eat is a Greek restaurant. (This Greek restaurant is packed with Japanese e...
groovee_grl Off topic 78 12,588 2010-07-22, 12:56 pm
    Thread: Japanified names
Post: Japanified names

Thora Wrote:I ended up just asking them to let me know how they'd prefer to be addressed in different situations. I don't like feeling stressed about protocol. Thora, out of curiosity, how did they an...
groovee_grl The Japanese language 62 15,349 2010-07-19, 3:14 am
    Thread: Japanese Friend Visiting!
Post: Japanese Friend Visiting!

TheVinster, you'll have to let us know what you actually end up doing during his visit and if you even end up going to the gun range that has sparked an interesting debate on this thread. :D
groovee_grl Off topic 78 12,588 2010-07-15, 4:23 pm
    Thread: Anyone in NYC or Philly?
Post: Anyone in NYC or Philly?

You can get it used for $9.05 on Amazon.com...
groovee_grl General discussion 15 2,313 2010-07-15, 4:14 pm
    Thread: Looking for all-kana readers
Post: Looking for all-kana readers

http://botsan.com/botsan.htm This site has some very simple stories, all in kana.
groovee_grl General discussion 42 10,246 2010-07-12, 10:08 pm
    Thread: Writing ellipsis in Google IME
Post: Writing ellipsis in Google IME

Sorry, didn't try with Google IME, just on my Mac.
groovee_grl The Japanese language 16 5,242 2010-07-10, 4:34 pm
    Thread: Writing ellipsis in Google IME
Post: Writing ellipsis in Google IME

http://www.hadamitzky.de/english/lp_special_chars.htm This has a good list of special characters.
groovee_grl The Japanese language 16 5,242 2010-07-10, 4:21 pm
    Thread: Japanese Friend Visiting!
Post: Japanese Friend Visiting!

What about golf? I don't think I've seen it mentioned here yet. That might be something he'd enjoy and can't afford to do in Japan...
groovee_grl Off topic 78 12,588 2010-07-08, 1:40 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

digitlhand Wrote:After reaching natural listening in Japanese, I will probably redo RTK. Hi digitlhand. After you reach natural listening (I'm also unsure what you consider this to be :) ), what are...
groovee_grl General discussion 358 75,095 2010-07-08, 1:32 pm
    Thread: Study Plan (Listening)
Post: Study Plan (Listening)

chamcham, thanks for the heads up on TunesTEXT. It works great. Cheers.
groovee_grl The Japanese language 12 4,924 2010-07-02, 2:37 pm
    Thread: Whale wars
Post: Whale wars

thecite Wrote:If I could ask one thing of you, I sincerely implore you to watch the movie 'Earthlings', it will open your eyes to the barbarity of animal industries (it's narrated by Joaquin Phoenix!)...
groovee_grl Off topic 226 35,389 2010-06-22, 12:39 pm
    Thread: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese"
Post: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermedi...

Thanks for the hard work on this!
groovee_grl Learning resources 24 13,043 2010-06-14, 12:54 pm
    Thread: So is it just me or...
Post: So is it just me or...

arch9443 Wrote:On a random side-note would 漢字 be the correct Kanji for the word Kanji... I find myself tempted to write it in ひらがな because I'm not exactly sure. Hi arch. 漢字 is correct. I found RTK re...
groovee_grl Remembering the Kanji 36 9,892 2010-05-27, 11:51 pm
    Thread: random easy question
Post: random easy question

I keep my browser full screen. gyuujuice, do you have an iMac?
groovee_grl Off topic 12 1,882 2010-05-20, 12:36 am
    Thread: Our Noticeable Improvements!
Post: Our Noticeable Improvements!

philiphoward123: Try http://www.sasugabooks.com. They ship internationally. It says it's out of stock but they can order it from Japan...
groovee_grl General discussion 19 2,758 2009-07-17, 1:15 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

travis Wrote:There's always A Dictionary of Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Japanese Grammar. Together they are quite expensive though, Amazon has them listed for £132 for the three. Basic Intermediate A...
groovee_grl General discussion 1,517 595,185 2009-05-01, 1:42 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Just finished 2 minutes ago! I've been at it on and off since 5-10-2007 and FINALLY finished. Now to continue with my review & start concentrating on readings and sentences in ANKI. Since I'm not ...
groovee_grl Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,807 2008-11-23, 8:50 pm